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Re: Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Originally Posted by Wake

Earlier I said if the white man did the same as Al, but demonized black people, like Al does white people.

If a white man said that America is infested with hateful black people, guess who gets called a racist? Yet if Jesse or Al say the same about white people, well, we'll just sweep that under the rug because that's acceptable.

There's so much wrong with this quote in the context of this thread that I don't have the patience to point it out.

Re: Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Originally Posted by Wake

If Al is not a racist along those lines, then we need to fix the mistakes of recklessly calling certain white people "racists," when they were merely "race-baiting." That would scratch off quite a few white people from the list.

I'll agree with your litmus test, if you acknowledge that it should be applied fairly to white people as well, who are currently accused of being racist.

And once again you are avoiding the issue. You claimed Sharpton was a racist. You failed to show how he fits the definition. When confronted, you tell other people what they need to do. What makes it funny is I know both BD and I do call out people on both sides for stupidly applying the racist label. By your own standards here, since you are only worried about liberals calling people racist, you are a hypocrite.

We became a great nation not because we are a nation of cynics. We became a great nation because we are a nation of believers - Lindsey Graham

Re: Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Originally Posted by Ockham

That golden throated Al Sharpton quote sure fits the definition.... or was this part of a comedy act?

I think he was trying to be funny.

Nobody who wins a war indulges in a bifurcated definition of victory. War is a political act; victory and defeat have meaning only in political terms. A country incapable of achieving its political objectives at an acceptable cost is losing the war, regardless of battlefield events.

Bifurcating victory (e.g. winning militarily, losing politically) is a useful salve for defeated armies. The "stab in the back" narrative helped take the sting out of failure for German generals after WWI and their American counterparts after Vietnam.

All the same, it's nonsense. To paraphrase Vince Lombardi, show me a political loser, and I'll show you a loser.

Re: Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Originally Posted by Redress

And once again you are avoiding the issue. You claimed Sharpton was a racist. You failed to show how he fits the definition. When confronted, you tell other people what they need to do. What makes it funny is I know both BD and I do call out people on both sides for stupidly applying the racist label. By your own standards here, since you are only worried about liberals calling people racist, you are a hypocrite.

That is bogus.

There are also quite a few conservatives that I think are potentially racist, or at least race-bait.

Re: Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

There are also quite a few conservatives that I think are potentially racist, or at least race-bait.

Do not call me a hypocrite when you don't know me so well.

Nobody called you a racist

Nobody who wins a war indulges in a bifurcated definition of victory. War is a political act; victory and defeat have meaning only in political terms. A country incapable of achieving its political objectives at an acceptable cost is losing the war, regardless of battlefield events.

Bifurcating victory (e.g. winning militarily, losing politically) is a useful salve for defeated armies. The "stab in the back" narrative helped take the sting out of failure for German generals after WWI and their American counterparts after Vietnam.

All the same, it's nonsense. To paraphrase Vince Lombardi, show me a political loser, and I'll show you a loser.